I bought a new in the box Paramount P-13 in 1973. I think it cost me about $400. I was working in a Schwinn shop at the time. It was red and the Nervex lugs were chromed and pin striped in white. The frame could have been build up to about 1+ year earlier than that. The story I was told about the end of the pinstripping was that there was one person at the factory that did the stripping and that she retired in about 1972-73. We didn't get any new Paramounts after mine that were pin stripped. As I recall all of the chrome bikes were stripped and I think they were in red paint. Pin stripping was optional but I can't recall if there was an extra charge for the stripping. The frame was just a bit too big for me and so I sold it and kept the equipment. Which I toke to England with me in the summer of '74 were I had a custom built Mercian Superlight waiting. I spent that summer racing in England and Belgium. I can't remember all the details anymore . It's been over 35 years.
Garland Glenn Tyler, TX
In a message dated 5/29/2010 11:07:57 P.M. Central Daylight Time, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org writes:
Lug lining/striping on 1970s Paramounts